Acf.gov - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
70% 
Page quality
88% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
36% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.60 s
File size
60.00 kB
Words
760
Media files
6
Number of links
117 internal / 27 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome To ACF | The Administration for Children and Families
The title contains the word Welcome To! More content should be covered in the title.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://acf.gov/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
GeneratorDrupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:imagehttps://acf.gov/modules/custom/acf_utilities/images/social_media_thumbnails/default_acf.jpg
og:imagehttps://acf.gov/modules/custom/acf_utilities/images/social_media_thumbnails/default_acf.jpg
og:image:urlhttps://acf.gov/modules/custom/acf_utilities/images/social_media_thumbnails/default_acf.jpg
og:image:secure_urlhttps://acf.gov/modules/custom/acf_utilities/images/social_media_thumbnails/default_acf.jpg
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 760 words. That's ok.
23.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.38 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...mages/icons/usa_banner/us_flag_small.pngU.S. flag
...images/icons/usa_banner/icon-dot-gov.svgNo alt attribute provided
...e/images/icons/usa_banner/icon-https.svgNo alt attribute provided
...nterprise/images/logos/acf_main_logo.pngAdministration for Children & Families
...IP-HTMP2025-Carousel_0.png?itok=lbP9d66fView the Toolkit
...ise/images/logos/acf_main_logo_white.pngNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Welcome To ACF
The H1 heading contains the words Welcome To! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading is too short (14 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Welcome To ACF
H2 List of Offices
H2 ACF Main - Top Navigation
H2 OUR MISSION
H2 WHAT WE DO
H2 TRIBAL
H2 Connecting the Dots. Strengthening Communities. Preventing Trafficking.
H2 ACF Resources
H2 ACF Main - Bottom Navigation
H2 Bottom Footer Navigation
H2 Get our Latest Updates
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (27) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://acf.gov/Anchor Skip To Main Content
https://acf.gov/IMG-ALT Administration for Children & Families
https://www.opm.gov/status/New window External Subdomain View Current Operating Status Open
/acf-program-officesACF Offices
https://acf.gov/anaAdministration for Native Americans (ANA)
https://acf.gov/acyfAdministration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF)
https://acf.gov/cbChildren's Bureau (CB)
https://acf.gov/ecdEarly Childhood Development (ECD)
https://acf.gov/fysbFamily and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
https://acf.gov/occOffice of Child Care (OCC)
https://acf.gov/cssOffice of Child Support Services (OCSS)
https://acf.gov/ocsOffice of Community Services (OCS)
https://acf.gov/ofaOffice of Family Assistance (OFA)
https://acf.gov/ofvpsOffice of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS)
https://acf.gov/ohsOffice of Head Start (OHS)
https://acf.gov/ohseprOffice of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR)
https://acf.gov/olabOffice of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB)
https://acf.gov/opreOffice of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE)
https://acf.gov/orrOffice of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
https://acf.gov/otipOffice on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
https://acf.gov/parisPublic Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)
https://acf.gov/uac-ombudsUnaccompanied Alien Children Office of the Ombuds (UACOO)
https://acf.gov/oroOffice of Regional Operations (ORO)
/oro/regional-offices/region1Region 1 (Boston)
/oro/regional-offices/region2Region 2 (New York City)
/oro/regional-offices/region3Region 3 (Philadelphia)
/oro/regional-offices/region4Region 4 (Atlanta)
/oro/regional-offices/region5Region 5 (Chicago)
/oro/regional-offices/region6Region 6 (Dallas)
/oro/regional-offices/region7Region 7 (Kansas City)
/oro/regional-offices/region8Region 8 (Denver)
/oro/regional-offices/region9Region 9 (San Francisco)
/oro/regional-offices/region10Region 10 (Seattle)
https://acf.gov/grantsGrants
/grants/how-apply-grantHow To Apply For A Grant
/grants/manage-grantManage a Grant
https://acf.gov/grants/about-usAbout ACF Grants Division
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcsExternal Subdomain Contracts
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/ab...External Subdomain About Us
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/ca...External Subdomain Career Opportunities
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/co...External Subdomain Contracting Opportunities
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/mi...External Subdomain Mission Support
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/le...External Subdomain Our Leadership
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/re...External Subdomain Resources
https://acf.gov/tribal-affairsTribal Affairs
https://acf.gov/mediaMedia Room
https://acf.gov/blogFamily Room Blog
https://acf.gov/media/pressPress Releases
https://acf.gov/resource-libraryText duplicate Resources
https://acf.gov/aboutAbout
https://acf.gov/about/budgetBudget
https://acf.gov/about/careersCareers
https://acf.gov/about/contact-usContact Us
https://acf.gov/foiaFreedom of Information Act
https://acf.gov/about/historyHistory
https://acf.gov/about/leadershipLeadership
https://acf.gov/about/officesOffices
/about/acf-vision-mission-valuesVision, Mission & Values
https://acf.gov/about/what-we-doWhat We Do
https://acf.gov/grantsText duplicate Grants
/grants/how-apply-grantText duplicate How To Apply For A Grant
/grants/manage-grantText duplicate Manage a Grant
https://acf.gov/grants/about-usText duplicate About ACF Grants Division
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Contracts
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/ab...External Subdomain Text duplicate About Us
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/ca...External Subdomain Text duplicate Career Opportunities
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Contracting Opportunities
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/mi...External Subdomain Text duplicate Mission Support
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/le...External Subdomain Text duplicate Our Leadership
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcs/re...External Subdomain Text duplicate Resources
https://acf.gov/tribal-affairsText duplicate Tribal Affairs
https://acf.gov/mediaText duplicate Media Room
https://acf.gov/blogText duplicate Family Room Blog
https://acf.gov/media/pressText duplicate Press Releases
https://acf.gov/resource-libraryText duplicate Resources
https://acf.gov/aboutText duplicate About
https://acf.gov/about/budgetText duplicate Budget
https://acf.gov/about/careersText duplicate Careers
https://acf.gov/about/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
https://acf.gov/foiaText duplicate Freedom of Information Act
https://acf.gov/about/historyText duplicate History
https://acf.gov/about/leadershipText duplicate Leadership
https://acf.gov/about/officesText duplicate Offices
/about/acf-vision-mission-valuesText duplicate Vision, Mission & Values
https://acf.gov/about/what-we-doText duplicate What We Do
/acf-program-officesText duplicate ACF Offices
https://acf.gov/anaText duplicate Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
https://acf.gov/acyfText duplicate Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF)
https://acf.gov/cbText duplicate Children's Bureau (CB)
https://acf.gov/ecdText duplicate Early Childhood Development (ECD)
https://acf.gov/fysbText duplicate Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
https://acf.gov/occText duplicate Office of Child Care (OCC)
https://acf.gov/cssText duplicate Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
https://acf.gov/ocsText duplicate Office of Community Services (OCS)
https://acf.gov/ofaText duplicate Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
https://acf.gov/ofvpsText duplicate Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS)
https://acf.gov/ohsText duplicate Office of Head Start (OHS)
https://acf.gov/ohseprText duplicate Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR)
https://acf.gov/olabText duplicate Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB)
https://acf.gov/opreText duplicate Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE)
https://acf.gov/orrText duplicate Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
https://acf.gov/otipText duplicate Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
https://acf.gov/parisText duplicate Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS)
https://acf.gov/uac-ombudsText duplicate Unaccompanied Alien Children Office of the Ombuds (UACOO)
https://acf.gov/oroText duplicate Office of Regional Operations (ORO)
/oro/regional-offices/region1Text duplicate Region 1 (Boston)
/oro/regional-offices/region2Text duplicate Region 2 (New York City)
/oro/regional-offices/region3Text duplicate Region 3 (Philadelphia)
/oro/regional-offices/region4Text duplicate Region 4 (Atlanta)
/oro/regional-offices/region5Text duplicate Region 5 (Chicago)
/oro/regional-offices/region6Text duplicate Region 6 (Dallas)
/oro/regional-offices/region7Text duplicate Region 7 (Kansas City)
/oro/regional-offices/region8Text duplicate Region 8 (Denver)
/oro/regional-offices/region9Text duplicate Region 9 (San Francisco)
/oro/regional-offices/region10Text duplicate Region 10 (Seattle)
/blog/2025/01/tanf-provides-vi...Reflections on ACF’s New Guidance: Utilizing TANF Funds to Prevent Child Welfare Involvement
https://acf.gov/blogView more Family Room Blog posts
/about/acf-vision-mission-valuesOUR MISSION
https://acf.gov/about/what-we-doWHAT WE DO
https://acf.gov/tribal-affairsTRIBAL
/otip/outreach-material/2025-h...View the Toolkit
https://acf.gov/about/contact-usCONTACT US
/acf-hotlines-helplinesHOTLINES
/state-human-services-agenciesSTATE AGENCIES
https://acf.gov/about/careersCAREERS AT ACF
https://acf.gov/grantsText duplicate Grants
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/gcsExternal Subdomain Text duplicate Contracts
https://acf.gov/tribal-affairsText duplicate Tribal Affairs
https://acf.gov/mediaText duplicate Media Room
https://acf.gov/resource-libraryText duplicate Resources
https://acf.gov/aboutText duplicate About
https://acf.gov/welcome-acfRelated Sites
https://www.hhs.gov/New window External Subdomain HHS.gov
https://www.grants.gov/New window External Subdomain Grants.gov
https://www.usajobs.gov/New window External Subdomain USAJobs.gov
https://www.usa.gov/New window External Subdomain USA.gov
https://acf.gov/welcome-acfHelpful Links
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/repo...New window External Subdomain Report Fraud
https://get.adobe.com/reader/New window External Subdomain Download Acrobat Reader ©
https://www.facebook.com/Child...New window External Subdomain ACF on Facebook
A-TITLE ACF on Facebook
https://www.twitter.com/acfhhsNew window External Subdomain ACF on Twitter
A-TITLE ACF on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/acf_govNew window External Subdomain ACF on Instagram
A-TITLE ACF on Instagram
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...New window External Subdomain ACF on Flickr
A-TITLE ACF on Flickr
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain ACF YouTube Channel
A-TITLE ACF YouTube Channel

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://acf.gov/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The HTML page should be transferred using GZip compression.
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.60 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (60 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
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server-timingdtSInfo;desc="0", dtRpid;desc="997400157"
set-cookie139 Characters
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 160 referring domains.
This page has 678 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 106 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
Disallow: /web.config
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
ACF77%Check
Welcome ACF64%Check
Welcome58%Check
gov52%Check
Administration48%Check
Children47%Check
Families47%Check
Children Families45%Check
Main44%Check
Navigation43%Check
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